The Fugitive Princess of the Land of Snow

"Lord Tsunade, you haven't mentioned any mission yet?" Sakura asked, seemingly without any sign of anything amiss.

"The actress Fubuki Yukie, who is protecting Princess Fuun, is going to the Land of Snow to film a movie. It is said to be the final chapter of the new movie series 'The Great Adventure of Princess Fuun'. A-rank Mission."

Tsunade yawned absentmindedly, looking listless, and continued speaking.

"The client is Fubuki Yukie's agent, and the fee is quite substantial. Given that the mission is not too dangerous, Konohagakure has accepted the offer."

Naruto could tell from her state that she was craving alcohol, and he was speechless. He thought to himself, "Where isn't this mission dangerous? Those people from the Land of Snow are just waiting for Kazahana Koyuki to walk right into their trap."

You can't just wear a stage name and expect people not to recognize the former princess of the Land of Snow, Kazahana Koyuki.

Fighting the Land of Snow group alone wouldn't be a problem, but protecting the defenseless Kazahana Koyuki significantly increases the difficulty.

"Why is she the Leading Jonin?" Naruto asked, looking dissatisfied. "Where's Kakashi-sensei? Shouldn't he be leading the team? Besides, we only have two Genin."

Where's Kakashi? Where's such a big Kakashi?

"Kakashi is busy with a classified mission and won't be back for the time being," Tsunade said, glancing at Naruto. "Mitarashi Anko is also an extremely excellent Jonin; you should have more trust in her."

"It's not that I don't trust him." Naruto understood Tsunade's unspoken message: Kakashi was gaining experience outside and was rapidly advancing down the path of no return to become the successor to the Hokage.

"But... could Lord Tsunade provide some equipment?" He stammered for a long time before finally managing to get a coherent answer, and Tsunade frowned.

I walked out of the Hokage Building.

Sakura quickly caught up with Naruto, walked beside him with her hands behind her back, and asked with a smile.

"You seem very worried about this mission? Do you know something?"

"No, I just don't want to deal with such troublesome women," Naruto said with a smile. "After all, she's a movie star; she's bound to have some personality."

"You're right," Sakura pondered. "If it's too much trouble, we can just kill them on the way."

Naruto: "???"

"I was just kidding," Sakura nudged him. "She's someone I'm protecting."

"You'd better be!" Naruto glanced at Sakura with a complicated look in his eyes, thinking to himself that this woman was really dangerous. "But it's not like there's no way to deal with her."

What is that?

"You'll see when the time comes," Naruto said, looking straight ahead. After walking a short distance side by side, he turned around as if he had suddenly remembered something and gave a word of advice.

"The Land of Snow must be very cold, you should wear something warmer."

"Now that you mention it, I do remember," Sakura added. "That Princess Fuun seems to be very popular, almost to the point of being a household name."

"Is she that famous?" Naruto asked, puzzled. He knew that Kazahana Koyuki was very famous, but he didn't know she had this level of fame.

"Yeah, it's rare to see a girl with that kind of heroic face," Sakura said with a smile. "I don't know how to put it, it's like she really was a princess."

"Is that so?" he replied dismissively, wondering if there was any possibility that she was the Fugitive Princess of the Land of Snow.

The two stopped and arrived at the lounge on the first floor of the Hokage Building, where they waited for the Jonin Mitarashi Anko Leading Jonin.

About half an hour later, a figure in a fishing net flashed into the lounge. Underneath the net Mitarashi Anko was still rich and generous in some ways, her face full of collagen.

"Something's happened," she said, pushing open the door. "Princess Fuun has gone missing in Konohagakure."

"Um?"

"Princess Fuun is missing?" Naruto frowned slightly. "That's not her real name. Honestly, we should say that woman with the really long stage name."

Sakura pursed her lips, feeling a little tense. These two were practically identical in their ability to ignore other people's names.

"Honestly, the name is so long, it's really hard to pronounce," Mitarashi Anko explained. "Even if you were calling someone out on the street, you could normally call out the name twice, but now you can only call it once because of this name."

"So let's just call her Princess Fuun, since she played the role in the movie Princess Fuun anyway."

"That makes some sense," Naruto said, stroking his chin. "Calling her Fengyun-hime would be fine, and it's shorter too."

"Such an old-fashioned title would only appear on movie posters, it's too cheesy," Mitarashi Anko replied with a straight face.

Sakura simply sat to the side, watching the two guys who, upon meeting, ignored the disappearance of Princess Fuun and started discussing how long her stage name was. She immediately felt that this mission would not be easy.

Mitarashi Anko performance in the second round of the Chunin Ninja Exams left a deep impression on everyone. Who would have thought that this Special Jonin was Orochimaru's top disciple, one of the legendary Legendary Sannin?

Sakura didn't care about Princess Fuun's life or death, so she simply propped her head up on the table and stared at the two people who were passionately discussing their stage names.

It wasn't until she heard the two of them start discussing what stage name would be suitable if they debuted in the future that Sakura gently tapped the table, cleared her throat, and spoke.

"We should go find someone now."

"Yes! Find them!" Mitarashi Anko immediately made an abstract decision. "We'll split up. I'll go ask Princess Fuun's agent if they have any leads."

"I'll ask the people around here. Princess Fuun is so famous, she'll be recognized wherever she goes," Sakura suggested.

"I'm going to the bathroom," Naruto said, raising his hand.

"Okay." Mitarashi Anko nodded, but immediately realized something was wrong. "No! You have to come with us. Don't even think about slacking off."

"When I go to the toilet, I ask someone to go into the women's restroom to look for it."

"You don't need to work so hard! Damn it!" Mitarashi Anko slapped Naruto on the head. "Go on, come out and help us find them."

It was no easy task for the three of them to search the entire village for a famous woman.

Having gained nothing, Naruto gritted his teeth and asked Kazahana Koyuki's manager for a piece of clothing that Koyuki had once worn.

Mitarashi Anko was slightly taken aback by what she saw; she hadn't expected Naruto to be so outstanding.

"Kakashi taught you all about summoning Ninja Hound? That's really impressive," Anko said.

Amid her praise, a blond-haired man put on the clothes, glanced at Anko with a slightly puzzled look, and frowned.

"No, I'm just a little cold."

The chill of early spring was palpable, and a cold wind howled past as Mitarashi Anko stood stiffly on the street.

Naruto shrugged indifferently and quickly Hand Seals.

"Transformation Jutsu!"

With a bang, a puff of white smoke flashed, Naruto transformed into the appearance of Kazahana Koyuki, even circling around in front of Sakura and asking her a question.

Does it look like it?

"Yes, it looks like it," Sakura said with a smile.

In the afternoon, in a quiet, deserted tavern.

The curtain at the door was lifted, and blinding sunlight shone in, along with a noisy commotion.

"What's there to look for? Let's go on a mission first. It's just acting, right? I can do that too." Naruto somewhat indignantly, now that he was in a state of Kazahana Koyuki.

"Damn it, what nonsense are you spouting, you bastard!" Mitarashi Anko said. "Keep searching seriously! And how long are you going to keep wandering around in that outfit?!"

"Do you know how flashy you look? You were almost chased by your crazy fans just now."

"What does it matter? They can't catch up with us. We'll just go up on the roof and circle around a few times, and those idiots will completely lose their bearings," Naruto said nonchalantly.

"I'm your Leading Jonin now! You'd better get that straight!" Anko, somewhat annoyed.

"Does the Leading Jonin come to the tavern during the day to look for someone?"

"This is adult experience: the best friend to escape reality is alcohol," Anko said with a straight face.

"Really? I need to go to the bathroom."

"You! You're despicable!" Anko felt like she had punched a cotton ball. As she watched Naruto walk towards the tavern's restroom, she clenched her fists tightly.

Sakura remained silent throughout, watching the two bicker and joke around, lost in thought.

Outside the restroom, Naruto hesitated for a moment between the men's and women's rooms before turning and entering the men's room. Meanwhile, a drunk man, urinating, turned and suddenly saw a woman walk in, startling him.

Naruto remained calm and composed, whistling as he noticed the gaze from next door.

The magical encounter began at the entrance of the bar's restroom. Kazahana Koyuki, who had just come out of the restroom, stared in astonishment at the person in front of her who looked exactly like her.

Realizing something was wrong, Kazahana Koyuki tried to run away, but then heard Naruto say calmly.

"If you run away, I'll go out into the street right now and start taking off my clothes. With your face! I'll take off my clothes!"

"You!" Kazahana Koyuki was experiencing the face-swapping technology of the Shinobi World for the first time, stood there gritting her teeth.

She wore a khaki women's trench coat with a pink long-sleeved lining, and had long black hair, giving her a mature woman's appearance. She had a long face with a slightly languid, heroic air.

The most striking feature is the eyes of the wind and snowflakes, which seem to be staring at it as if watching a flowing story.

"Naruto! You're here again." Anko walked over, about to complain about this shameless Genin, when she suddenly saw two Kazahana Koyuki.

"Hey! Princess Fuun! We found her!" Anko shouted excitedly. Hearing this, Sakura also walked out of the darkness with her hands behind her back and silently stared at Kazahana Koyuki.

"Tch!" Kazahana Koyuki's eyes flashed with disgust as she swept her gaze over the three of them. "I don't know who you are, but I'm leaving now! I advise you not to follow me."

Naruto didn't say anything, but took off a piece of clothing.

"This is so annoying! I hate being threatened!" Kazahana Koyuki suddenly snorted, saying indifferently, "Do whatever you want, I've had enough of this awful job!"

"Um," Anko quickly interjected, "We are ninjas from Konohagakure. We were commissioned by Princess Fuun's manager to protect you on your journey to the Land of Snow."

"I will not go to a place like that!" Kazahana Koyuki suddenly roared. "Why should he entrust you with protecting me? This is coercion!"

"You can't say that, Princess Fuun, actually..." Anko smiled awkwardly.

"Heh, Princess Fuun is done with this. Let whoever wants to act, act. This fake life is no good." Kazahana Koyuki said with a sneer.

"How can this be?"

"Stop arguing! You lot, just disappear already!"

Upon hearing this, Naruto pondered for a moment, then with a bang, he deactivated the Transformation Jutsu. With lightning speed, he pulled out a damp cloth and abruptly covered Kazahana Koyuki's mouth.

"Waaaaah!!"

Two seconds later, Kazahana Koyuki lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

"You," Anko, who witnessed everything that had just happened, was somewhat dumbfounded, while Sakura had an expression of being used to it, blinked her eyes but still didn't say anything.

"Oops, I accidentally used too much. It was a medicine given to me by Lord Tsunade." Naruto scratched his face, looking like he had a headache. "I'll probably need to sleep for a whole day to wake up."

Turning around, Naruto saw Anko looking at him and asked in Naruto.

"What's wrong? We've found the person, hurry up and take them away, the client is still waiting."

"You," Anko seemed hesitant to speak, but finally took a deep breath and gave up. "Never mind, I'll take Princess Fuun to report back first."

As she spoke, Anko hoisted the unconscious Princess Fuun onto her shoulder and addressed Naruto and Sakura.

"You two go and get ready. Meet in the mission room of the Hokage Building in two hours."

"Okay," the two replied.

The Fugitive Princess of the Land of Snow was finally captured, and Anko breathed a sigh of relief, quickly leading her target away from the tavern.

In a deserted tavern.

Naruto sighed wearily as he finished the mission. These tasks were originally supposed to be done by Kakashi, but he was stuck Jonin an unreliable and incompetent Jonin, so he had to do it himself.

If you can't make a decision when faced with a mission, what kind of ninja are you?

Just as he was about to leave, he noticed Sakura staring at him. Naruto narrowed his eyes and asked.

"What's wrong with you?"

"It's alright." Sakura smiled, looked around, and pulled Naruto into a dimly lit corner.

It was noon, and the tavern was nearly empty.

The boss was asleep, slumped over his desk, the only lamp above him flickering as if it were about to die. The few customers who had been there earlier had also left amidst the commotion, leaving only three people.

The boss's soft snoring continued, and he didn't seem likely to wake up anytime soon.

Naruto felt a chill run down his spine when he heard "Sakura."

"Don't be afraid, there's no one here," Sakura whispered in his ear. "No one will know, it will be over in a little while."

A cool little hand climbed up his cheek and slid down to the back of his neck. Naruto didn't know what Sakura was going to do; he could feel the coolness on the back of his neck.

Sakura's fingertips caressed a spot right in the center of the back of his neck, a slightly peculiar sensation, like having an ice pop in his chest.

"Alright." Sakura slowly moved away from Naruto, withdrew her hand, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

Naruto was a little confused and asked.

What's going on here?

"I must be the first person to make you remember this feeling, right?" Her eyes crinkled, yet there was a chilling feeling about them.

The more she restrained herself, the more troublesome it became for Naruto.

Where did you learn that?

"In the book."

I had some things to do during the day, so I'm only updating now. I'll find time to finish it tomorrow.